Donald Brashear
Donald Brashear ( born January 7, 1972 in Bedford, Indiana) is a Canadian- American professional ice hockey player who is since November 2010 at 3L de Rivière -du -Loup in the Ligue Nord - Americaine de Hockey under contract. He is what fist fights and match hardness As widely regarded as one of the toughest and best enforcer in the NHL history. Brashear is the great- nephew of Carl Brashear, whose life was the inspiration for the film Men of Honor.
Career
Brashear began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, who committed him as a free agent before the 1992/93 season. He had previously played for the Longueuil Collège Français in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
1996, 1.88 m wide and 108 -pound winger was transferred to the Vancouver Canucks after he had fallen into a training camp in Denver with Canadiens coach Mario Tremblay together. After a serious head injury that the links Sagittarius had closed on 21 February 2000 in a game against the Boston Bruins, Brashear fell several months, Marty McSorley, who had the stick strike that led to the injury missed him, then was even because sentenced to 18 months probation injury.
During the 2001/ 02 season, Donald Brashear returned to the ice on December 17, 2001, he was transferred in exchange against Jan Hlaváč to the Philadelphia Flyers. The following season, the striker received the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy for the best player of the Flyers. During the NHL lockout in 2004/05 Donald Brashear played for the Radio X de Québec in the Ligue Nord - Americaine de Hockey. On 14 July 2006 Brashear signed a doped with 1.1 million dollars one year contract with the Washington Capitals. In summer 2009, he signed with the New York Rangers. On 1 August 2010 he was released along with Patrick Rissmiller to Atlanta Thrashers. Three days later, the Thrashers broke his contract to pay out and left him.
In September 2010, Brashear signed with the GCI de Sorel - Tracy in the Ligue Nord - Americaine de Hockey. After six games, he has been committed in November 2010 by 3L de Rivière -du -Loup.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- World Cup 1997
- World Cup 1998
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )